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ue of a sovereign or person high in aithority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. Shak. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. Sir. W. Scott.

The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article. Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown. Blackstone. Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown. Macaulay.

Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.

by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.

going about their functions. Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. Macaulay.

mission court,a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in

g, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom to him. Sir T. Browne.

as, an indefeasible or title. That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regal power. Macaulay.

nterchanged friendly offices and services. I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. Shak.

f, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. "Kingly magnificence." Sir P. Sidney. "A kingly government." Swift. "The kingly couch." Shak. The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn. G. Massey. Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares. Cowper…

upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy, and have rather a matrimonial than a regal power. Bacon.

olved on, the mode of doing it may easily be found. Jer. Taylor. A table richly spread in regal mode. Milton.

Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial. Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride. Milton.

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.

r flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.

Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.

Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. Hide in the dust thy purple pride. Shelley.

Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] "The blood real of Thebes." Chaucer.

Regal; royal. [Obs.] Harrington.

Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.